The BEST episodes of Bizarre Foods America

Every episode of Bizarre Foods America ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bizarre Foods America!

The continuation of "Bizarre Foods'' finds Andrew Zimmern keeping his passport at home, as the chef and writer embarks on a culinary exploration of the great U, S of A. From traditional foods passed down through generations to modern eats whose roots are purely American, the United States is home to a smorgasbord of bizarre foods and equally extraordinary stories associated with them. So who best to taste and tell than Andrew, the man who lives by the motto "If it looks good, eat it''? The cultural cuisine master has done plenty of that throughout the history of "Bizarre Foods,'' with the "America'' incarnation including a celebration of the series' 100th episode.

Last Updated: 1/2/2024Network: Travel ChannelStatus: Ended
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Pittsburgh: Catfish & Kiska
star
8.67
3 votes

#1 - Pittsburgh: Catfish & Kiska

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2013

Andrew Zimmern finds that Pittsburgh has a knack for blending old and new food traditions, like old world favorites such as stuffed cabbage and braunschweiger to cutting-edge goat heart tartare.

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Toronto: Horse Heart & Flipper Pie
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8.50
2 votes

#2 - Toronto: Horse Heart & Flipper Pie

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/2013

Andrew Zimmern finds that Toronto is a melting pot of edgy eats. From horse heart salami and seal flipper pie to pig's ear and cuttlefish, Andrew discovers that amazing dishes from around the world can be found right in Toronto!

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Las Vegas
star
8.00
30 votes

#3 - Las Vegas

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/9/2012

Extreme eats in Las Vegas, including $750 cupcakes and a $5000 hamburger, are spotlighted in the Season 2 premiere. Also: a look at how a Bellagio buffet feeds 4000 people a day.

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The Blues Trail
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8.00
31 votes

#4 - The Blues Trail

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/20/2012

Take a road trip down the Blues Trail, and stop along the way to take in the music and the food that make up the unique flavor of the Mississippi Delta, from Memphis, TN to Jackson, MS. Andrew samples Southern standbys and riffs on old favorites, like "redneck ramen" made with noodles and pigs ears.

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San Diego
star
7.97
31 votes

#5 - San Diego

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/16/2012

The host visits San Diego. He forages for food along the shore, attends a traditional Aztec barbecue and feeds sea lions at the San Diego Zoo. Featured eats include swordfish bone marrow; camel milk; and mashed lamb brains.

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New Orleans
star
7.97
30 votes

#6 - New Orleans

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2012

In New Orleans, Andrew Zimmern samples Cajun comfort foods, like stuffed pig stomach, and classic Creole cuisine, including smoked raccoon.

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Seattle
star
7.97
30 votes

#7 - Seattle

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2012

Seattle's unconventional eats are explored. Stops include a farm, where the host tries cow placenta.

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Detroit
star
7.97
30 votes

#8 - Detroit

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2012

Andrew Zimmern visits Detroit for a taste of iconic soul food, from short ribs to oxtails, and Arab-American eats, including lamb-brain sandwiches.

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Queens, N.Y.: World's Best Food Town
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7.94
32 votes

#9 - Queens, N.Y.: World's Best Food Town

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/22/2013

With a menu that includes a Tibetan soup with yak, a Pakistani dish with goat offal and a chicken blood pancake, Andrew finds that a trip to Queens, NY, is just as good as a trip around the globe!

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Twin Cities
star
7.90
31 votes

#10 - Twin Cities

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2012

Host Andrew Zimmern begins his exploration of America's most unusual foods in Minnesota's Twin Cities. Featured eats include deep-fried snapping turtle; an elk-and-wild-rice hot dish; brined-and-breaded duck testicles; and "meat glue."

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Lima, Peru: Frog Shakes & Fish Sperm
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7.60
5 votes

#11 - Lima, Peru: Frog Shakes & Fish Sperm

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2014

Some frog smoothies, giant Amazonian snails and fried guinea pig are among the delicacies Andrew samples in Lima, Peru.

New Jersey: Pigs Blood & Paprikash
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7.50
2 votes

#12 - New Jersey: Pigs Blood & Paprikash

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2013

Andrew Zimmern finds out that some amazing things are growing in America's Garden State. From Filipino favorites to an iconic local breakfast meat and a new breed of oyster, New Jersey is home to some surprising flavors.

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Cleveland: Pighead & Perch
star
7.50
2 votes

#13 - Cleveland: Pighead & Perch

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/2/2013

Andrew shares his Cleveland culinary discoveries. Included: pig head; and popcorn shoots.

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NYC Overnight: Bizarre at All Hours
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7.50
2 votes

#14 - NYC Overnight: Bizarre at All Hours

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/9/2013

Andrew pulls an all-nighter in New York City, where he eats goat brains at a hangout for cabdrivers and slurps blood clams at a fish market at 4 am.

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Nashville: Crane Meat & Pigeon Feet
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7.50
2 votes

#15 - Nashville: Crane Meat & Pigeon Feet

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/2014

Andrew Zimmern visits Nashville, where he gets a taste of the city's most iconic foods. From classics like hot chicken and dry ribs to grilled Sandhill crane, Andrew finds flavors both old and new in Music City USA.

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Atlanta: Monkfish Liver & Goat Heart
star
7.33
3 votes

#16 - Atlanta: Monkfish Liver & Goat Heart

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2014

Andrew Zimmern explores the "new South," Atlanta. He feasts on calf brains on toast at a gourmet pub, helps butcher a goat at a nearby farm, and gets a Korean scrub down with Margaret Cho.

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Birmingham: The New South
star
7.10
31 votes

#17 - Birmingham: The New South

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/29/2013

There's more to Birmingham, AL, than barbecue and bread pudding. Here, Andrew discovers surprising Southern fare like bullfrog hearts with pea shoots and Greek grits that will make you slap your mama.

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Northern California
star
7.09
34 votes

#18 - Northern California

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/15/2013

Andrew Zimmern visits Northern California where people are reinventing sustainable living, like hunting doves, to developing strange new flavors for jelly beans, to training sheep to eat weeds at local vineyards, people in this part of the country have a unique way of looking at how to get the food they eat.

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Miami
star
7.03
31 votes

#19 - Miami

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/23/2012

Andrew gets a taste of Miami's multicultural cuisine, from roasted pig brains to wreckfish cheeks.

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Austin
star
7.03
31 votes

#20 - Austin

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/13/2012

There's a rich mix of tradition and innovation in Austin! From roasted pigeons (with the heads still on!) to grits mixed with duck innards, plus scrambled pig brains and bloody marys made with real pig blood, Andrew explores the foods that "Keep Austin Weird."

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Houston: Blast & Cast
star
7.03
31 votes

#21 - Houston: Blast & Cast

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/2/2013

Global culture and Texas tradition create bold flavors in Houston, where Andrew eats steer head at a tailgate party, duck organs in dirty rice from a "blast and cast" and goat in the Gandhi District.

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Florida Keys: Horse Conch & Hogfish
star
7.00
1 votes

#22 - Florida Keys: Horse Conch & Hogfish

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2014

Andrew Zimmern travels to paradise in the Florida Keys. He heads out with a family to hunt and cook iguanas, competes in a fishing derby to tackle the lionfish invasion, and learns the art of Cuban cooking and cigar making from a master.

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Dallas: Red Meat & Rattlesnakes
star
7.00
1 votes

#23 - Dallas: Red Meat & Rattlesnakes

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/14/2014

Andrew Zimmern explores the bold, traditional and unexpected flavors of Dallas and Fort Worth, TX. He samples cow head roasted underground, a Thai meal made with chicken feet, water bugs and goat meat stew.

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Vancouver: Box Crabs & Bull Kelp
star
7.00
2 votes

#24 - Vancouver: Box Crabs & Bull Kelp

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/2014

Whether it's from the land or the sea, Andrew Zimmern finds that Vancouver has an abundance of fresh food. His discoveries include box crab and bull kelp, blood sausage made with pig heads, and a look behind the scenes at a tuna cannery.

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San Francisco Bay: Cricket Cookies & Engineered Eggs
star
7.00
1 votes

#25 - San Francisco Bay: Cricket Cookies & Engineered Eggs

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/23/2013

Andrew visits the San Francisco Bay Area, home to cutting-edge food ideas. From cookies made with crickets to lamb's head soup, Andrew discovers foods of the future, mixed with an interesting take on the past!

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